Fairley — boys' name

What the Data Says About Fairley

The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Fairley between 1926 and 1965, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Fairley currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Fairley performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Fairley shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Fairley in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Fairley in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 122 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.